R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 2024, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.2% compared to 2023, reaching 26,472.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

Bulgaria ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.3% (from 26,399 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.